Something that came up yesterday: Most of the abuse scandals that came to light in the past year had been known about and whispered about for years, sometimes decades. Surely it eventually reached the ears of people who work for celebrity gossip magazines and shows. They had the chance to bust wide open one of the biggest stories in their entire history, and they chose to sit on it. What were they trying to protect? Their reputation? They're the fucking paparazzi. Everyone in the industry already despised them. The reputations of the abusers? Again, they're the fucking paparazzi. They've never cared about anyone but themselves. No, the most likely reason is that they had abusers of their own in the upper ranks, and were afraid that if something like #MeToo happened, they'd be next.

It's more or less a known secret that the reason even the most staunch opponents of MLK Jr. never went hard after him on his extramarital affairs was because they were afraid it would set a precedence for the media to go after them for theirs. so yeah this is nothing new.

Sometimes it's a case of the news getting reported, but never gaining traction. Bill Cosby's predatory action has been reported in the news before, but nobody gave a shit until the Hannibal Burness skit leaked.

He says he learned his actions may have unintentionally made some people uncomfortable. Yeah no. He's learned nothing. And why should he? He gets the job that puts him in a position to harass more women. What does he have to learn? By hiring him, this jackass studio is saying it's okay.

There's no way that he didn't know that hugging women against their will, staring creepily at them and so on didn't upset them. The boys club in animation needs to die already.

(I'm not saying don't hire male animators of course, just don't let this crap happen. And don't give me any of this talented genius nonsense. Being good at something isn't an excuse to be a creep.)

Callender's suit alleges that Pitchford "breached his fiduciary duties by exploiting Gearbox employees and property to fund Pitchford’s private cravings," and one portion of the suit makes two sensational accusations about Pitchford's behavior: that he accidentally left a selection of "underage" pornography on a USB stick at a restaurant, and that he used his company's money to host parties where "adult men have reportedly exposed themselves to minors, to the amusement of Pitchford."

On one hand, Pitchford confirmed he did leave a USB drive full of porn and company documents at Medieval Times, which is pretty damn stupid. Jesus, dude.

On the other hand, if his/Gearbox's statements are true, the lawyer also sounds like he's trying to imply more than the facts warrant. Calling it "underage" porn if it was "barely legal" is probably enough of a lie to backfire on the lawyer (even if Pitchford's defense is utterly groan-worthy).

At this point, it feels like the #metoo momentum is dying if not already dead. We're probably going to see more of the harassers getting new work, even if they're no longer as big as they used to.

This is kind of a strange assumption to make on the week where R. Kelly finally saw his career begin to implode, thanks to Surviving R. Kelly. As with Cosby, his awfulness has been an open secret for over 25 years, but it was always treated as a joke until very recently. Now everyone knows that he was holding underage girls as slaves in his mansion.

You were never going to see every single accused person held to account forever. Sure, it sucks that Lasseter is getting a new job, but I highly doubt that this new studio is going to have the reach and power of Disney. He’s an older man, this is a step down even if it isn’t the shunning he deserves, and the best years of his career are now over. LouisCK might be getting club gigs and gaining some right wings fans, but people are pushing back against him and his asshole stand-up-comic buddies trying to exonerate him in the media. He’s never again going to have the clout and influence he had a year and a half ago. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Kevin Spacey is still facing charges. Harvey Weinstein goes to trial in May. More victims have been able to come forward and not have their stories buried and forgotten, even if it isn’t with the same speed as you saw in fall 2017. Do you think anyone would have dared to take on a platinum-selling pop star with a 6-hour documentary before #metoo? Not bloody likely.

You’re not going to get every win that you want to have. It sucks but you have to accept that and keep fighting anyway. Every win that you do get makes it easier to gain traction. But the point of activism is that it never ends, because you’re always going to have to fight against complacency and short memories and people wanting to undermine what you’ve accomplished.

Yeah, thinking it through, it did seem unrealistic that every single one of them will be held accountable, although you are correct about R. Kelly, and that while John Lasseter may have a new job, he no longer has the prestige as his old position at Disney and Pixar, and reactions from both the people inside animation and even the Paramount executives (they were not informed of the hiring until right before the news broke and are rather upset about it) makes it clear they won't tolerate his behavior anymore.

Sorry, didn't mean to sound cynical. I know I shouldn't assume the worst about everything, although at the same time I know we should all be cautious and pay attention.

The fact that a lot of people are calling this out on social media is a good sign. You get a few nerds saying "But he's responsible for my childhood!" here and there, but there's more backlash than positive comments about him (or rather, defensive.)

And yeah, I can understand being disappointed by the news about him being an abuser, but a lot of people worked on Pixar movies. The important thing is keeping out abusers in the future.

Once again, I think some of the defensiveness comes from "but if I like Toy Story, does this make me bad?" the same way it came with Ren and Stimpy, Loud House, etc. but there is a limit.

So this is pretty major, Funimation booted Vic Mignonga off their shows after many allegations about generally being creepy to young female fans. It's major because he was one of their biggest VA's, especially since Fullmetal Alchemist.

I've vaguely heard of this over the years, but this is the first actions I've seen taken against him.

Glad to see someone's finally taking all those accounts about Vic seriously. They kept coming up over the years, yet nobody in charge really seemed bothered to investigate. Hopefully this is the sorta stuff #MeToo has changed for the better.

On topic, this is a very uncomfortable but very informative and well researched watch on the subject of sexual assault of men, and how common jokes and ridicule about it are. Even to this day, a lot of popular media can't stop the "dropping the soap" jokes, and that has consequences.

The video mentions that in a lot of cases, sexual assault of men is either played off as a joke or as just desserts. The latter trope is especially popular with gritty cop shows and action stories. Akin to, dohoho, that bad guy has to go to jail, and we all know what that means!